title: Acute perilunate dislocation in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Lunate and perilunate dislocations are rare in children, but should be suspected in patients with significant wrist swelling and decreased range of motion after trauma or falls on an outstretched hand.
authors.affiliation: Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Barbee
authors.forename: Cristóbal S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Berry-Cabán
authors.forename: Brandy R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*